Hans Bender, German parapsychologist and professor at the Freiburg
University, met with C. G. Jung on December 8, 1960. The discussion was
recorded, and the transcribed version is available here for the first time in
English. A key aspect of our article is a description of the phenomenon of
synchronicity based on Hans Bender’s concrete experiences during a drive
through Switzerland to an Eranos Conference in Ascona and further on
to the Côte d’Azur for a workshop of the Parapsychology Foundation in
August 1960. At the same time, his mother suffered a stroke, which caused
her death shortly afterward. Bender was returning to Freiburg at the time
when she died. He was familiar with the stages of his return trip from earlier
trips. He had intensely emotional experiences at certain places, which he, in
retrospect,interpretedassynchronisticinconnectionwithhismother’s death.